Comet Hale-Bopp

2006 May 20

Photo of the 1997 April appearance of comet Hale-Bopp. This time exposure of comet Hale-Bopp
used a 35mm camera driven to counteract the Earth's rotation. Visible are the comet's
ionized gas tail (blue) and dust tail (white). Taken by Brian Webb from the California desert
northeast of Red Rock Canyon.